I absolutely love Sword and Fairy: Together Forever. The seventh game in the series (only the second to be localised into English), Sword and Fairy is to China what Final Fantasy is to Japan, and it really feels like that too, offering a gorgeous and culturally interesting wuxia epic. It’s…
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It would be a bit of an understatement to describe Inti Creates as a fan-favourite development studio. Since its founding in 1996 by ten former members of Capcom, the company has been responsible, especially, for the Mega Man Zero series, amongst many others (Gal*Gun!). Although this news isn’t Mega Man-related,…
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If it wasn’t for a compromised localisation, Sword and Fairy 7 – Sword and Fairy: Together Forever in the west – would be right up there with Elden Ring and Xenoblade Chronicles 3 as the best RPG of the year. In a year that has been almost painfully dense with…
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I’ve played a lot of restaurant sims (yes, I was obsessed with Diner Dash back in its heyday) so I was excited for the chance to play Recipe for Disaster. It’s more complex than what I’m used to: not only am I designing and running the restaurant, but I’m now…
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This excitingly innovative open-world multiplayer puzzle game has the potential to do more than its fair share of rounds when it releases in 2023! Although the name is subject to change, Project S has been officially announced, and is currently available to wishlist on Steam. The announcement comes as a…
Read MoreLast week, I wrote about early details on the remake of Sherlock Holmes: The Awakening. There were some brief story details, and a promise of a crowdfunding campaign and trailer to come soon. Well, soon is here, the Kickstarter is live, and the trailer has dropped!…
Read MoreSquare Enix has announced a reimagining of a phenomenal tactics RPG, Tactics Ogre. (DDNet did report on a leak regarding this game a couple of weeks ago.) Titled Tactics Ogre: Reborn promises beautifully converted HD graphics, fully-voiced cutscenes in English and Japanese, recreated sound effects and re-recorded background music. There…
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It’s safe to say that over the years just about everyone has played a Bomberman game – or at least a knock-off alternative. Whether your mouth begins to froth up at a new release in the franchise, or it provides a sizeable kick of nostalgia, the latest instance of Bomberman,…
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We knew a bit about Samurai Maiden a few days ago; it was teased by D3 Publisher as being a new “project” and we believed to have deciphered the title at that time – and we were right! D3 Publisher has officially announced Samurai Maiden, a hack’n’slash game that follows…
Read MoreThe discourse around game length has been running hot again for a couple of weeks, and so we thought we would take the opportunity with all of us on the podcast to once again dive into it. It seems the older that we get the more time games ask of…
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